>>Now when I choose the new kernel to boot, I end up with a black blank
>>screen.
>
>
> I think you'll need to compile in framebuffer support to fix this.
> (Slackware has framebuffer support by default). Alternatively, modifying
> your vga line in lilo.conf would probably work. (You'd probably end up with a
> fairly ugly looking console though).

Actually I just complied 2.6.0 on my computer and had the same problem.
To fix it I removed framebuffer devices from graphics support. I was
using plain vga consoles though.